The surname Over
A surname, carried by 1,044 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O160
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,044 people named Over in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,733 Americans. That is down 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,083.
#24,112
rank among US surnames
1,044
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
-3.6%
change since 2000 (was #22,222)
Who is named Over
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Over identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
- Two or more races 2.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Over has the Soundex code O160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O160.
Questions
- How common is the surname Over?
- 1,044 people in the United States had the surname Over in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,733 Americans. It ranked 24,112th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Over?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Over identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Over getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,044 in 2010, down 3.6%.